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Stoicism is a school of Hellenistic philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium in Athens in the early 3rd century BC. It is a philosophy of personal ethics informed by its system of logic and its views on the natural world. According to its teachings, as social beings, the path to eudaimonia (happiness, or blessedness) is …
A group of scientists placed 5 monkeys in a cage, and in the middle they placed a ladder with bananas on top. Every time a monkey went up the ladder, the scientists soaked the rest of the monkeys with cold water. After a while, every time a monkey went up the ladder, the other monkeys …
Bad habits; we all got’em. You know what they are. You know you should stop. But… it’s hard. In fact, sometimes you feel downright powerless. And you’re not crazy… Research from Duke University shows 40% of what you do every day isn’t a decision — it’s a habit. The good news is there’s a guaranteed …
I’ve been making my small decisions throughout the day, recently, with a simple question: How will I feel about this when today is over? If I have a choice right now between reading social media and news articles, or writing, I know what the answer will be: at the end of the day, I’d be …
Bruce Lee said he would rather fight a man who practiced 10,000 kicks one time each than a man who practiced one kick 10,000 times. Since I’m preparing a course on meditation, this is most relevant. Many people when trying something new, such as meditation, will lose interest rather quickly when they don’t feel any …
The Buddha was sitting under a tree talking to his disciples when a man came and spit on his face. He wiped it off, and he asked the man, “What next? What do you want to say next?” The man was a little puzzled because he himself never expected that when you spit on somebody’s …
